CERVANTES, Ilocos Sur – A farmer was allegedly hacked to death by a fellow farmer during a heated altercation over irrigation water in Barangay San Juan, this town, on Thursday, July 25. Police identified the victim as Dante B. Valdez, 50. Investigation disclosed that the suspect, Ariel A. Agcon,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old farmer was allegedly hacked to death by his drinking buddy in Sitio Trencera, Barangay San Benito, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 22. POLICE cordon the area where a farmer was hacked to death in Barangay San Benito, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed on Tuesday, July 2, that one of its units had been targeted in a cyberattack but assured the public that the data breach affected "very few" individuals. (Photo from Unsplash) “There were reports earlier that DICT was...
SAN FRANCISCO, Quezon – A 49-year-old pedicab driver was hacked to death in Sitio Hacienda, Barangay Inabuan here on Monday afternoon, June 24. Police identified the victim as Noel Pines, of Barangay Gawayan 2, this town. Pines was driving his pedicab on his way home when the suspects...
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has started coordinating with experts from the Department of Information and Communications Technology-Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (DICT-CICC) to address the problem caused by the hacking of its four-web based systems on Sunday, June 16....
BACOLOD CITY – Two cousins hacked each other to death during an altercation in Barangay Masaling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 26. TWO cousins hacked each other to death in Barangay Masaling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 26. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police...
BACOLOD CITY - A man suffering from a nervous breakdown stabbed himself to death after hacking his live-in partner and four minor children at home in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday night, May 22. A MAN suffering from a nervous breakdown killed himself after hacking...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has suspended all the online services for gun-related transactions after it confirmed what it described as a possible data breach of the police’s Firearms and Explosives Office (FEO). PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said that its Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG)...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Two senior citizens were allegedly hacked to death by their 24-year-old neighbor in Sitio Magtanga, Barangay Wagod, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on May 16. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, Kalinga police spokesperson, identified the victims as Ruben Dangiwan, 65, and his wife,...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered all units to strengthen their cybersecurity measures after a hacker claimed to have breached the police’s Logistics Data Information and Management System and disrupted the operation of the system. PNP...
RIZAL, Cagayan – A farmer was allegedly hacked to death by a fellow farmer over an old grudge in Barangay Gaggabutan West here on Monday, May 13. Police Major Sherwin Viernes, town chief of police, identified the victim as Bitoy, a resident of Barangay Illuru Norte, Rizal. Viernes said the...
MAUBAN, Quezon – A 66-year-old widow was found dead with hack wounds in Barangay San Jose here on Monday afternoon, May 13. Police identified the victim as Menita Piel. Barangay Captain Carlito Alpajora reported to police that the victim was found in a forested far-flung area. Piel’s right arm...
